According to the CAAV proposal sent to the Ministry of Transport, Gia Binh, based in the northern province of Bac Ninh, will meet 4E classification and handle one million passengers and 250,000 tonnes of cargo annually by 2030.
By 2050, the airport will serve three million passengers and one million tonnes of cargo annually.
Earlier, the Transport Ministry approved CAAV's work on the airport project's planning and proposed an appropriate investment roadmap.
Primary planning tasks include conducting surveys and investigations and collecting necessary data for the planning process; predicting air transportation demand; planning airspace, air routes, and flight procedures to serve airport operations; and determining the nature, role, and scale of the airport, along with key indicators related to land use and technical infrastructure for the planning period.
The Gia Binh Airport project could cost approximately VND31.30 trillion (USD1.30 billion).
After including Gia Binh Airport in the master plan for national airport development, Vietnam is expected to have 31 airports by 2030, including 15 international and 16 domestic.
By 2050, the number will increase to 34, including 15 international and 19 domestic airports.
